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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, announced today that it awarded $40.22 million in youth mental health grants throughout the month of August.
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The Public Health Emergency declaration for the COVID-19 pandemic ends October 13.
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UVA Health researchers are pioneering a new way to treat chronic pain that does not respond to medication. Their innovative approach will receive more than $5 million from the National Institutes of Health.
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A wide coalition of Virginia-based and national organizations is backing U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s bill to combat skyrocketing rates of substance use disorder and addiction.
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Two Health and Human Services grant programs totaling $25.6 million will expand access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder and prevent the misuse of prescription drugs.
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According to a Pew study released last month, more Americans died from overdose in 2020 than any previous year on record — and early figures indicate that 2021’s death toll may be higher.
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Joe Biden recently presided over a historic achievement, but unfortunately not an achievement worth celebrating.
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The Commonwealth will commit $485 million in federal and state funding to address pressing challenges in Virginia’s behavioral health system.
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The CDC is projecting a record number of drug overdose deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and in Virginia, drug overdose deaths are expected to have risen by more than 40 percent.
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and a group of Democratic and Republican colleagues announced today a bipartisan framework to provide emergency COVID-19 relief.
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